This is a highly adaptable, waste free salad that can be changed as the growing season progresses, and new vegetables come into season. It uses the roots, stems and leaves of each vegetable, and has a slightly sweet vinaigrette to balance out the bitterness that some greens may have.
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and it is a way for community members and consumers (like you!) to support small, local and sustainable farmers and food producers by committing to buying from them for a season. Many CSAs are the length of the growing season here in Minnesota, while others go year-round. In other… Read More →
Mill City Farmers Market is here to inspire nutritious, local recipes all year! In our weekly email newsletter, we feature recipes from market chefs, MCFM vendors and local cookbook authors featuring seasonal items from the market. Take a look at the 10 most popular recipes of 2021 and get ready to save and bookmark your… Read More →
Mill City Farmers Market vendor Prairie Hollow Farm shifts focus from summer to winter with deep winter greenhouse production for their winter CSA share. By Jenny Heck When farmers market scenery shifts to pumpkins, flannel jackets and dogs in Halloween costumes, many farmers take these cues as time to put their fields to rest and… Read More →
Market Chef Beth Jones shows us her recipe for a spring salad from her home kitchen. Beth’s serve-yourself salad platter is perfect for a fridge full of leftovers or a new bag of market vegetables!
Authored by Hilary Gebauer, UMN Public Health and Nutrition So you’ve made it home from the market with a bag full of leafy greens, but now what? They were so irresistible on the farmer’s table, but now they may seem a little mysterious. Don’t let them get limp and mushy in the back of your… Read More →
by Market Chef Jenny Breen Ingredients 3 cups cooked hand harvested wild and brown rice (1/2 and 1/2) 1 bunch asparagus (if available), trimmed and cut into 2 1/2 inch pieces 1 cup peas or edamame 2 stalks rhubarb, sliced thinly 1 bunch ramps or spring onions, chopped 1 bunch spinach or arugula roughly chopped 1/2… Read More →
By Ella Daniels, Executive Director, Mill City Farmers Market & Charitable Fund Did you know that the Mill City Farmers Market set a new record for attendance with over 10,000 visitors in one day at its peak last summer? Each day since I began my role in January I’ve learned a new reason to be… Read More →
Founders of Women’s Environmental Institute, one of Mill City Farmers Market’s year-round vendors, share the 20-year “herstory” of the certified organic farm and orchard and it’s unique role as a non-profit in Minnesota farming. By Alia Jeraj, @aliaxgrace “We are a farm, but we are more than a farm,” says Jacque Zita, Director of Education… Read More →
